Compliance assessment for the 91/271/EEC directive and an end-user's view on potentials for further on-line monitoring and control at wastewater treatment plants

This paper provides an introduction to the workshop on methodologies for wastewater quality monitoring, Nimes, 29-30 October 1998, organised by the European Commission and Ecoles des Mines d'Ales. It highlights some overall aspects for the potential uses of on-line instrumentation related to wastewater management and focuses on relations to the urban wastewater treatment directive (91/271/EEC). Some potentials for further developments and actions related to the EU Directive are proposed. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.